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[stab] / stæb /




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Jair Bolsonaro is serving his sentence under house arrest for health reasons stemming from a stab wound he suffered in 2018 during the campaign in which he was elected president.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

But that’s how we’ve taken the initial stab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Adopting a psychedelic-rock aesthetic, “Casket” was another stab at optimism; Brock wanted to create something intentionally upbeat to sweeten the sour, post-pandemic mood.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2026

Reed's stunning equaliser clinched him top prize, ahead of team-mate Harry Wilson's outside-of-the-boot stab against Crystal Palace, and Rayan Cherki's mazy run and finish for Manchester City against Arsenal.

From BBC ● May 28, 2026

How her sister’s words could stab her sometimes!

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich

Moreover, the occasional stabs at quotable mom-power dialogue feel patronizing, not that the audience for ultraviolent action pictures typically includes a lot of moms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

“Tell me who’s to blame — is it the people or myself?” she wonders against the icy synth stabs of the title track.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

As famously told in concerts around the world as well as in his autobiography, Springsteen worked out the first stabs at “Born to Run” on his guitar while sitting on his bed.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

Certainly he and his team have given it their all; the time they’ve put in and their stabs at various compromises have been impressive.

From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024

Simple movements send stabs of pain through my joints.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Smit Machchhar was hailed for his heroism after being stabbed on Flight 1073.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

"Despite being stabbed and seriously injured, he fought back, resisted, opened the cockpit door, and enabled passengers and crew to overpower the attacker — preventing a catastrophic mid-air disaster," Netanyahu wrote on X.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

In the four years since her father was fatally stabbed near the entrance of their home in northern Israel, 10-year-old Shireen has carried the burden of grief on her tiny shoulders.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

The watchdog added: "There's also an indication one of the officers may have breached the standard relating to authority, respect and courtesy, for appearing to dismiss Henry saying he had been stabbed."

From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026

Finn stabbed the ground with his shovel, stamped down on the edge to bury it deeper.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Plus, the U.A.E is investigating whether the cockpit stabbing on a FlyDubai flight was a terror plot and Americans are buying smaller cars as gas prices bite.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

Those faulty messages can produce shooting, stabbing or burning sensations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

"It is like a stabbing pain, a very very heavy stabbing pain," she says.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026

The New York Police Department said it would not increase security specifically at Penn Station because of Sunday's stabbing.

From Barron's ● Jun. 8, 2026

Minutes previously, Harry had plunged his hand into this mulch, experienced a stabbing pain in the fourth finger of his right hand, and withdrawn it to see a lot of blood.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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